The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk ...

As of 3 November, cases among children in the DRC had increased by over 130% from about 11,300 suspected cases to 25,600, while in Burundi, mpox has risen from 89 confirmed child cases to around 1,100 ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the UK, making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b had been confirmed in London last ...

Climate change; increased population, crowding, and movement; decreased vaccination rates; and uneven global access to basic ...

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections ...

The United Kingdom today reported an additional case of the new variant of mpox, an infectious viral disease that can cause ...

"Mpox is very infectious in households with close contact and so it is not unexpected to see further cases within the same household." She added, "The overall risk to the UK population remains low.

The UK has seen cases of mpox since then, mainly caused by clade 2, a strain that spreads through close skin-to-skin contact ...